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President of the 66th Session of the UNGA H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

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Azerbaijan   H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan

China   H.E. Mr. Yang Jiechi, Minister for Foreign Affairs

China

Colombia  H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President

Colombia

France  H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President

France

Germany

Guatemala    H.E. Mr. Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President

Guatemala

India   H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister

India

Morocco   H.E. Mr. Taïb Fassi Fihri, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Cooperation

Morocco

Pakistan   H.E. Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Pakistan

Portugal  H.E. Mr. Pedro Passos Coelho, Prime Minister

Portugal

Russian Federation (The)   H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Russian Federation (The)

South Africa  H.E. Jacob Zuma, President

South Africa

Togo  H.E. Mr. Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Prime Minister

Togo

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (The)   H.E. Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (The)

United States of America  H.E. Barack Obama, President

United States of America (The)

Other World Leaders Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in 2011:

Afghanistan H.E. Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan

H.E. Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Albania  H.E. Mr. Sali Berisha, Prime Minister

Albania

Algeria   H.E. Mr. Mourad Medelci, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Algeria

Andorra   H.E. Mr. Gilbert Saboya Sunyé, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Andorra

Angola   H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Chikoti, Minister of External Relations

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda   H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina  H.E. Ms. Cristina Fernández

Argentina

Armenia   H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President

Armenia

 Antigua and Barbuda H.E. Mr. Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia  H.E. Mr. Kevin Rudd, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Australia

Austria   H.E. Mr. Michael Spindelegger, Deputy Prime Minister

Austria

Bahamas (The)   H.E. Mr. Theodore Brent Symonette, Deputy Prime Minister

Bahamas (The)

Bahrain   H.M. King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, King

Bahrain

Bangladesh   H.E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister

Bangladesh

 

Barbados   H.E. Mr. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister

Barbados

Belgium    H.E. Mr. Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Belgium

  Belarus H.E. Mr. Sergei Martynov, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belarus

Belize   H.E. Mr. Wilfred Elrington, Attorney General, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Belize

Benin   H.E. Mr. Nassirou Bako Arifari, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Benin

Bhutan   H.E. Mr. Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister

Bhutan

 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)   H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, Constitutional President

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Bosnia and Herzegovina   H.E. Mr. Željko Komšic, Chair of the Presidency

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana   H.E. Lieutenant General  Mompati S. Merafhe, Vice-President

Botswana

Brazil   H.E. Ms. Dilma Rousseff, President

Brazil

 

Brunei Darussalam   H.R.H. Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria   H.E. Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso    H.E. Mr. Djibrill Ypènè Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Burkina Faso

Burundi   H.E. Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, President

Burundi

 

Cambodia  H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister

Cambodia

Cameroon   H.E. Mr. Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cameroon

Canada   H.E. Mr. John Baird, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Canada

Cape Verde   H.E. Mr. José Maria Pereira Neves, Prime Minister

Cape Verde

Central African Republic (The)   H.E. Mr. Antoine Gambi, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Central African Republic (The)

Chad   H.E. Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, President

Chad

 

Chile   H.E. Mr. Sebastián Piñera Echeñique, President

Chile

Comoros (The)   H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine, President

Comoros (The)

 

Congo (The)   H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Congo (The)

Costa Rica  H.E. Ms. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais

Croatia   H.E. Mr. Ivo Josipovic, President

Croatia

Cuba   H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Cuba

Cyprus  H.E. Mr. Demetris Christofias, President

Cyprus

Czech Republic (The)  H.E. Mr. Václav Klaus, President

Czech Republic (The)

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (The)   H.E. Mr. Pak Kil Yon, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (The)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (The)   H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President

Democratic Republic of the Congo (The)

Denmark   H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative

Denmark

Djibouti   H.E. Mr. Ismaël Omar Guelleh, President and Head of Government

Djibouti

Dominica  H.E. Mr. Vince Henderson, Permanent Representative

Dominica

 

Dominican Republic (The)

Ecuador   H.E. Mr. Francisco Carrión-Mena, Permanent Representative

Ecuador

Egypt  H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kemal Ali Amr, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Egypt

El Salvador  H.E. Mr. Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea   H.E. Mr. Isaias Afwerki, President

Eritrea

 

Estonia  H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President

Estonia

Ethiopia  H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister

Ethiopia

European Union  H.E. Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council

European Union

Fiji   H.E. Commodore Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister

Fiji

Finland   H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen, President

Finland

Gabon  H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President

Gabon

Gambia (The)   H.E. Ms. Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice-President

Gambia (The)

Georgia   H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili, President

Georgia

Ghana   H.E. Mr. John Evans Atta Mills, President

Ghana

 

Greece   H.E. Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Greece

Grenada   H.E. Mr. Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister

Grenada

Guinea  H.E. Mr. Alpha Condé, President

Guinea

 

Guinea-Bissau

 

Guyana  H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President

Guyana

Haiti   H.E. Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly, President

Haiti

Holy See   H.E. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States

Holy See

Honduras   H.E. Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President

Honduras

Hungary   H.E. Mr. Pál Schmitt, President

Hungary

Iceland   H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Iceland

Indonesia  H.E. Mr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)   H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq  H.E. Mr. Jalal Talabani, President

Iraq

Ireland   H.E. Mr. Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister

Ireland

Israel   H.E. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister

Israel

Italy  H.E. Mr. Franco Frattini, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Italy

Jamaica  H.E. Mr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister

Jamaica

Japan H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister

Japan

Jordan  H.M. King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein, Head of State

Jordan

Kazakhstan   H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President

Kazakhstan

Kenya  H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki, President

Kenya

 

Kiribati   H.E. Mr. Anote Tong, President and Head of Government

Kiribati

Kuwait H.H. Sheikh  Naser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan   H.E. Ms. Rosa Otunbaeva, President

Kyrgyzstan

 

Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (The)   H.E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister

Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (The)

Latvia   H.E. Mr. Adris Berzinš, President

Latvia

 

Lebanon  H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President

Lebanon

Lesotho   H.E. Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, Prime Minister

Lesotho

Liberia   H.E. Mr. Joseph N. Boakai, Vice-President

Liberia

Libya  H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Jibril, Chairman, Transitional Council Executive Office

Libya

Liechtenstein   H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liechtenstein

Lithuania  H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite, President

Lithuania

Luxembourg  H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Madagascar   H.E. Mr. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President

Madagascar

Malawi   H.E. Mr. Arthur Peter Mutharika, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Malawi

Malaysia   H.E. Dato Sri  Anifah Aman, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Malaysia

Maldives   H.E. Mr.  Mohamed Waheed, Vice-President

Maldives

Mali   H.E. Ms. Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Prime Minister

Mali

Malta   H.E. Mr. Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister

Malta

Marshall Islands (The)   H.E. Mr. John M. Silk, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Marshall Islands (The)

Mauritania   H.E. Mr. Hamady Ould Hamady, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mauritania

Mauritius   H.E. Mr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister

Mauritius

Mexico   H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President

Mexico

Micronesia (Federated States of)   H.E. Mr. Emanuel Mori, President and Head of Government

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco   H.E. Mr. José Badia, Government Counsellor, Foreign & Economic Affairs

Monaco

Mongolia  H.E. Mr. Elbegdorj Tsakhia, President

Mongolia

Montenegro   H.E. Mr. Igor Lukšic, Prime Minister

Montenegro

Mozambique   H.E. Mr. Armando Emilio Guebuza, President

Mozambique

Myanmar   H.E. Mr. Wunna Maung Lwin, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Myanmar

Namibia   H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President

Namibia

Nauru   H.E. Mr. Marcus Stephen, President

Nauru

Nepal   H.E. Mr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister

Nepal

Netherlands (The)   H.E. Mr. Uri Rosenthal, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Netherlands (The)

New Zealand   H.E. Mr. Jim McLay, Permanent Representative

New Zealand

Nicaragua  H.E. Mr. Samuel Santos López, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Nicaragua

Niger (The)  H.E. Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou, President

Niger (The)

Nigeria  H.E. Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Nigeria

Norway H.E. Mr. Espen Barth Eide, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

Norway

Oman  H.E. Mr. Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Oman

Palau  H.E. Mr. Johnson Toribiong, President

Palau

Palestine   H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea   H.E. Mr. Peter O’Neill, Prime Minister

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay   H.E. Mr. Fernando Lugo Méndez, President

Paraguay

Peru  H.E. Mr. Ollanta Humala Tasso, President

Peru

Philippines (The)  H.E. Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, Permanent Representative

Philippines (The)

Poland  H.E. Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski, President

Poland

Qatar  H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Amir

Qatar

Republic of Korea (The)   H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President

Republic of Korea (The)

Republic of Moldova (The)   H.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba, Permanent Representative

Republic of Moldova (The)

Romania

Rwanda   H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis   H.E. Mr. Sam Terrence Condor, Deputy Prime Minister

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia  H.E. Mr. Donatus Keith St. Aimee, Permanent Representative

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines  H.E. Mr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

Samoa   H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister

Samoa

San Marino  H.E. Ms. Antonella Mularoni, Minister for Foreign and Political Affairs

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe   H.E. Mr. Manuel Salvador Dos Ramos, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Communities

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal  H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President

Senegal

Serbia  H.E. Mr. Boris Tadic, President

Serbia

Sierra Leone  H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President

Sierra Leone

 

Singapore   H.E. Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Singapore

Slovakia  H.E. Ms. Iveta Radicová, Prime Minister

Slovakia

Slovenia  H.E. Mr. Danilo Türk, President

Slovenia

Solomon Islands H.E. Mr. Danny Philip, Prime Minister

Solomon Islands

Somalia  H.E. Mr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Prime Minister

Somalia

South Sudan (The Republic of)

Spain  H.E. Ms.  Trinidad Jiménez, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Cooperation

Spain

Sri Lanka   H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President

Sri Lanka

 

Sudan   H.E. Mr. Ali Ahmed Karti, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Sudan

Suriname  H.E. Mr. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President

Suriname

Swaziland   H.E. Mr. Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, Prime Minister

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland  H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, President

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic  H.E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

Thailand  H.E. Mr. Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Thailand

Timor-Leste   H.E. Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister

Timor-Leste

Tonga  H.E. Mr. Lord Tu’Ivakano of Nukunuku, Prime Minister

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago   H.E. Mr. Surujrattan Rambachan, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Communications

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia   H.E. Mr. Mohamed Mouldi Kefi, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tunisia

Turkey  H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister

Turkey

Turkmenistan   H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu  H.E. Mr. Willy Telavi, Prime Minister

Tuvalu

 

Uganda  H.E. Mr. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Vice-President

Uganda

Ukraine   H.E. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych, President

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates (The)   H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs

United Arab Emirates (The)

United Republic of Tanzania (The)  H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President

United Republic of Tanzania (The)

Uruguay  H.E. Mr. Danilo Astori, Vice-President

Uruguay

Uzbekistan  H.E. Mr. Elyor Ganiev, Deputy Prime Minister

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu   H.E. Mr. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu, Prime Minister

Vanuatu

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)  H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Viet Nam   H.E. Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Viet Nam

Yemen  H.E. Mr. Abubakr A. Al-Qirbi, Minister for Foreign Affair

Yemen

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   H.E. Mr. Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Zambia  H.E. Ms. Lucy Mungoma, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Zambia

Zimbabwe  H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe, President

Zimbabwe

 

 

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Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (center), President of the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, confers with colleagues at the sixty-sixth session's plenary meeting during which Members heard the reports of the Second Committee. 22 December 2011. United Nations, New York. UN Photo: Devra Berkowitz

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